International Baccalaureate · IB Diploma
Psychology · HL
Papers, samples and curriculum documents for this course. · Papers, amostras e documentos curriculares deste curso.
Handouts, exercise sheets and slides
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Handouts · Material de apoio · AP Psychology · Psicologia do AP (5)
- 1. Biological Bases of Behavior · 1. Bases Biológicas do Comportamento
- 2. Cognition · 2. Cognição
- 3. Development and Learning · 3. Desenvolvimento e Aprendizagem
- 4. Social Psychology and Personality · 4. Psicologia Social e Personalidade
- 5. Mental and Physical Health · 5. Saúde Mental e Física
Exercise sheets · Folhas de exercícios · AP Psychology · Psicologia do AP (35)
- 1.1 Interaction of Heredity and Environment · 1.1 Interação entre Hereditariedade e Ambiente
- 1.2 Overview of the Nervous System · 1.2 Visão Geral do Sistema Nervoso
- 1.3 The Neuron and Neural Firing · 1.3 O Neurónio e o Disparo Neural
- 1.4 The Brain · 1.4 O Cérebro
- 1.5 Sleep · 1.5 Sono
- 1.6 Sensation · 1.6 Sensação
- 2.1 Perception · 2.1 Percepção
- 2.2 Thinking, Problem-Solving, Judgments, and Decision-Making · 2.2 Pensamento, Resolução de Problemas, Julgamentos e Tomada de Decisão
- 2.3 Introduction to Memory · 2.3 Introdução à Memória
- 2.4 Encoding Memories · 2.4 Codificação de Memórias
- 2.5 Storing Memories · 2.5 Armazenando Memórias
- 2.6 Retrieving Memories · 2.6 Recuperando Memórias
- 2.7 Forgetting and Other Memory Challenges · 2.7 Esquecimento e Outros Desafios de Memória
- 2.8 Intelligence and Achievement · 2.8 Inteligência e Realização
- 3.1 Themes and Methods in Developmental Psychology · 3.1 Temas e Métodos em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento
- 3.2 Physical Development Across the Lifespan · 3.2 Desenvolvimento Físico ao Longo do Ciclo Vital
- 3.3 Gender and Sexual Orientation · 3.3 Gênero e Orientação Sexual
- 3.4 Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan · 3.4 Desenvolvimento Cognitivo ao Longo do Ciclo Vital
- 3.5 Communication and Language Development · 3.5 Comunicação e Desenvolvimento da Linguagem
- 3.6 Social-Emotional Development Across the Lifespan · 3.6 Desenvolvimento Sócio-Emocional ao Longo do Ciclo Vital
- 3.7 Classical Conditioning · 3.7 Condicionamento Clássico
- 3.8 Operant Conditioning · 3.8 Condicionamento Operante
- 3.9 Social, Cognitive, and Neurological Factors in Learning · 3.9 Fatores Sociais, Cognitivos e Neurológicos na Aprendizagem
- 4.1 Attribution Theory and Person Perception · 4.1 Teoria da Atribuição e Percepção de Pessoas
- 4.2 Attitude Formation and Attitude Change · 4.2 Formação e Mudança de Atitudes
- 4.3 Psychology of Social Situations · 4.3 Psicologia de Situações Sociais
- 4.4 Psychodynamic and Humanistic Theories of Personality · 4.4 Teorias Psicodinâmicas e Humanistas da Personalidade
- 4.5 Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories of Personality · 4.5 Teorias Sócio-Cognitivas e de Traços da Personalidade
- 4.6 Motivation · 4.6 Motivação
- 4.7 Emotion · 4.7 Emoção
- 5.1 Introduction to Health Psychology · 5.1 Introdução à Psicologia da Saúde
- 5.2 Positive Psychology · 5.2 Psicologia Positiva
- 5.3 Explaining and Classifying Psychological Disorders · 5.3 Explicando e Classificando Distúrbios Psicológicos
- 5.4 Selection of Categories of Psychological Disorders · 5.4 Seleção de Categorias de Distúrbios Psicológicos
- 5.5 Treatment of Psychological Disorders · 5.5 Tratamento de Distúrbios Psicológicos
Presentation slides · Slides de apresentação · AP Psychology · Psicologia do AP (5)
- 1. Biological Bases of Behavior · 1. Bases Biológicas do Comportamento
- 2. Cognition · 2. Cognição
- 3. Development and Learning · 3. Desenvolvimento e Aprendizagem
- 4. Social Psychology and Personality · 4. Psicologia Social e Personalidade
- 5. Mental and Physical Health · 5. Saúde Mental e Física
Course units and learning goals · Unidades do curso e objetivos de aprendizagem
These lessons teach selected course objectives. Check the remaining coverage gaps; the material is not a complete preparation programme. · Estas aulas ensinam objetivos selecionados do curso. Verifique as lacunas de cobertura restantes; o material não é um programa completo de preparação.
Biological and cognitive approaches · Explanations, studies and inference
- Link a psychological explanation to research evidence
- Distinguish association, causation and levels of explanation
- cognitive process
- A mental process such as attention or memory.
- confounding variable
- A factor that can offer an alternative explanation for a result.
Sociocultural approach; options · Culture, social learning and application
- Explain social influences without stereotyping
- Apply an approach to an approved option using evaluated studies
- social learning
- Learning through observing others and their outcomes.
- generalization
- Applying findings beyond the setting or sample studied.
Research; experimental IA · Ethical design, data and evaluation
- Identify variables, sampling and controls in an experiment
- Analyse actual data and evaluate a school-approved replication
- independent variable
- The factor deliberately changed in an experiment.
- dependent variable
- The outcome measured in a study.
HL research methods · Evaluating qualitative and quantitative research
- Analyse unseen research scenarios and ethical choices
- Evaluate credibility, sampling and transferability
- credibility
- The trustworthiness of a research interpretation.
- transferability
- The extent to which insights may apply in another context.
Preparing for this qualification · Preparação para esta qualificação
- SL: Paper 1 120 min 50%, one-option Paper 2 60 min 25%, experimental IA 25%. HL: Paper 1 120 min 40%, two-option Paper 2 120 min 20%, methods Paper 3 60 min 20%, experimental IA 20%.
- Current core: biological, cognitive and sociocultural approaches plus research. SL selects one option, HL two. The 2027 course adds concepts/contexts, class practicals and a research proposal, not the current experimental-study IA.
Teaching coverage still needed · Cobertura do ensino ainda necessária
- Verified published study packs for every core/HL extension and selected option, statistics teaching and full 2027 alternative package remain.
- Reviewed runtime bank remains unavailable; no practice registry promotion.
Specifications and sample documents · Especificações e documentos de exemplo
- Psychology — Subject brief · 2019 ↗
First assessment: 2019
- Psychology — Subject brief · 2027 ↗
First assessment: 2027
Course materials · Materiais do curso
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- Revision questions · Questões de revisão →
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Course preparation · Preparação do curso
Documents are available. Board-specific notes, assessments and interactive past-paper practice are not yet available for every course. · Os documentos estão disponíveis. Notas específicas da banca, avaliações e prática interativa de provas anteriores ainda não estão disponíveis para todos os cursos.
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